Cart Catalyst‑Bundles & Gifts vs SMART Bundles App & Upsells
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of May 1, 2026 for Cart Catalyst‑Bundles & Gifts, Nov 13, 2026 for SMART Bundles App & Upsells.
The short answer
- SMART Bundles App & Upsells lists 29 features Cart Catalyst‑Bundles & Gifts’s listing doesn’t mention, including Bulk discounts, Checkout discounts, Coupons.
Head to head
- United States
- Australia
- United Kingdom
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureRun powerful Buy One Get One (BOGO), Buy X Get Y, Free Gift with Purchase (GWP), Product Bundles, Tiered Discounts, and Volume Discounts — all from one easy-to-use dashboard. Cart Catalyst makes it simple for merchants to: - Create BOGO deals, Buy X Get Y offers, or Free Gifts with purchase. - Build profitable product bundles and mix & match sets.
Let shoppers bundle and save with bundle deals, product bundles, bundle kits, mix and match bundles and fixed bundle prices. Add quantity breaks, volume discounts, tiered pricing, bulk pricing, BOGO, Buy X Get Y and free gifts. Upsell and cross-sell with product add-ons, subscribe and save, a countdown timer, a sticky add to cart bar and a variant picker. Target products, collections, customer tags or cart value.
- Advance Cart Level Discount Creation
- Tiered, Bundle, Gift Selection Discounts with Ease
- Easy to Setup and Manage Discounts from one single Dashboard
- Automatically apply discounts based on cart rules or customer behavior
- Create custom discount rules for seamless promotional campaigns.
- Boost sales with personalized, time-limited automatic discounts
- Simplify complex discount setups with an intuitive interface
All the numbers
Every figure, side by side
A green dot marks the app ahead on a measured figure. Estimates, gaps and apps that leave no storefront trace never take the lead.
Adoption
| Measure |  Cart Catalyst‑Bundles & Gifts |  SMART Bundles App & Upsells |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | 1,737 |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | +63 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | 67 |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | 13% |
| Top store categories | Not published | Apparel & Accessories, Health & Beauty, Home & Garden |
| Top store countries | Not published | United States, Australia, United Kingdom |
Reviews
| Measure | Cart Catalyst‑Bundles & Gifts | SMART Bundles App & Upsells |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 610 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | 3% |
Pricing
| Measure | Cart Catalyst‑Bundles & Gifts | SMART Bundles App & Upsells |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | No monthly plan listed | No monthly plan listed |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | Not listed |
| Plans listed | Not published | Not published |
Listing
| Measure | Cart Catalyst‑Bundles & Gifts | SMART Bundles App & Upsells |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | Not enough data | #1 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | #23 in Upsell and cross-sell |
| Built for Shopify | No | Yes |
| Launched | Sep 10, 2025 | Dec 13, 2024 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Creative Apps | SMART Bundle | Bundles & Upsells |
FAQ
Cart Catalyst‑Bundles & Gifts and SMART Bundles App & Upsells: common questions
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Cart Catalyst‑Bundles & Gifts lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as A/B testing. SMART Bundles App & Upsells lists 29 the others don’t mention, such as Bulk discounts, Checkout discounts, Coupons, Cross-sell discounts. A feature missing from a listing may still be supported; this compares what each App Store listing says.
- Where does this comparison’s data come from?
- Shoplist crawls Shopify storefronts to detect which apps each store runs, and reads each app’s Shopify App Store listing for reviews, pricing, features and integrations. Store counts are as of May 1, 2026 for Cart Catalyst‑Bundles & Gifts, Nov 13, 2026 for SMART Bundles App & Upsells; estimated figures are labeled.
How Shoplist compares apps
Store counts come from Shoplist’s crawl of Shopify storefronts, which detects the apps each store runs; they are as of May 1, 2026 for Cart Catalyst‑Bundles & Gifts, Nov 13, 2026 for SMART Bundles App & Upsells. Reviews, ratings, plans, features and integrations come from each app’s Shopify App Store listing. 28-day figures are labeled when estimated, and a figure that is missing or estimated never decides who leads. Read the methodology.